+ + Ath. 1905, 2: 902. D. 30. 1240w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The plates in their turn are so well made that in some, if not in all cases, they actually rival the qualities of the mezzotints from which they are taken.” Royal Cortissoz.
+ + Atlan. 97: 270. F. ’06. 290w. (Review of v. 1.)
“A perfectly adequate introduction.”
+ + Ind. 60: 397. F. 15, ’06. 680w. (Review of v. 1.)
“It is not very easy to say on what principle the illustrations are here chosen, and it certainly would have been better to arrange them according to the painters than to group them alphabetically according to the name of the subject. Mr. Gosse’s essay has two great merits. It is extremely readable, and it brings out with remarkable clearness the extraordinary change that passed over the position of the portrait painter after the advent of Reynolds.”
+ + – Lond. Times. 5: 30. Ja. 26, ’06. 940w. (Review of v. 1.)
Gosse, Edmund William. Coventry Patmore. **$1. Scribner.
Reviewed by George Trobridge.
Westminster R. 165: 76. Ja. ’06. 7860w.